Discovery Box| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:6 |
| The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned 1 place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:8 |
| The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. 1 They have remained there to this very day. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:23 |
| He prayed: 1 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 2 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:31 |
| “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:47 |
| When your people 1 come to their senses 2 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; 3 we have done evil.’ |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:53 |
| After all, 1 you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, 2 just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.” |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:54 |
| When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:59 |
| May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, 1 so that he might vindicate 2 his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 8:63 |
| Solomon offered as peace offerings 1 to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord’s temple. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:8 |
| This temple will become a heap of ruins; 1 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, 2 saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:15 |
| Here are the details concerning the work crews 1 King Solomon conscripted 2 to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, 3 and the cities of 4 Hazor, 5 Megiddo, 6 and Gezer. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:16 |
| (Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.) |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 9:19 |
| all the storage cities that belonged to him, 1 and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. 2 He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 10:7 |
| I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! 1 Your wisdom and wealth 2 surpass what was reported to me. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 10:12 |
| With the timber the king made supports 1 for the Lord’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments 2 for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. 3 ) |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 10:19 |
| There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:20 |
| Tahpenes’ sister gave birth to his son, 1 named Genubath. Tahpenes raised 2 him in Pharaoh’s palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s sons. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:27 |
| This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: 1 Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:34 |
| I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules. |
| (0.35) | 1Ki 11:36 |
| I will leave 1 his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me 2 in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. 3 |
